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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
england_n	henry_n	king_n	lewis_n	4,519	5	10.9213	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A51200	The characters or pourtraicts of the present court of France wherein is described the king, the princes, the generals and the principal ministers of state &c. / written originally in French ; made English by J.B., Gent.; Divers portraits. English	Montpensier, Anne-Marie-Louise d'Orléans, duchesse de, 1627-1693.; Bulteel, John, fl. 1683.	1668 (1668)	Wing M2507; ESTC R18747	32,064	144

THE CHARACTERS OR POURTRAICTS OF Th● Pr●●●●● COURT OF FR●NCE Wherein is described Th● Ki●● the Princes the Generals and the principal Ministers of State c. Written Originally in French LONDON Printed by J ● for Thomas Palmer at the Crown in Westminster-hall 1668. TO THE Reader THe French Nation being at present the most considerable Actors upon the great Theatre of the World their Vast Designes and Notable Progress having made them become the chief Subjects of most mens daily Discourse I thought it not amiss until a more perfect Relation comes to our hands to give in short the Names and Characters of the principal Persons drawn by 〈◊〉 Country-man of their own and ●aithfully copied in this Rough-draught where you will finde a brief account of that King those Princes Generals and States-men who are now so acti●● and eager in the pursuit of Conquests If this be received with any kindness I may perhaps draw aside the curtain shew the Scenes and accurately describe the precedent and following Champagnes with all the Contrivances Turns Counter-turns and Windings up of every Act as they shall succeed which how it will conclude is the enquiry concern and expectation of all Europe amongst whom our Interest is not so little but we ought to inform our selves of all the Particulars to which if this contribute in the least I have my Ends. Farewel A Catalogue of books lately Printed and are to be sold by Thomas Palmer at the signe of the Crown in Westminster-hall 1668. 1. THe Characters and Pourtraicts of the present Court of France describing the King Princes Ministers of State and others in 8. 2. Rome exactly described or a Relation of the state of the Court of Rome made at the late Council of Pregadi in two curious Discourses by the most Excellent the Lord Angelo Corrare Ambassadour from the most Serene Republique of Venice to Pope Alexander 7. Translated out of scalian by John Bulteel Gent. in large 8. 3. Spare minutes or Resolved Meditations and Premedicated Resolutions by Arthur Warwick in 24. 4. The Essays and Counsels Civil and Moral whereunto is newly added A Fable of the Colours of Good and Evil by the Right Honourable Sir Fr. Bacon Lord Verulam Viscount S. Alban in large 12. 5. Flagelum or the Life and death of O. Cromwel from his Birth to his Burial With an exact Account of his Policies and Successes with a Discovery of his private and publike actions not till now made publike Impartially written by James Heath Gent. in large 8. 6. The English Rogue described in the Life of Meriton Latroon a Witty Extravagant being a Compleat Discovery of the most eminent Cheats of both Sexes in large 8. 7. Cupids Courtship or the Celebration of a Marriage between the Godd of Love and Psyche in a Poem by the same ingenious Author in 8. 8. Venus Cabinet unlocked and Natures chief Miracles and Rarities laid open being a Curious Collection out of the two eminent Physicians Levinus Lemnius and Sinibaldus and others made English by Rob. Miller M. D. in 12. 9. The compleat Sollicitor performing his duty and teaching his Clyent to run through his own Business as well in his Majesties superior Courts at Westminster as in the Mayors Court Court of Hustings Court of Marshalsey and other inferiour Courts both in the City of London and elsewhere the like not formerly extant written by R. T. Gent. in 80. 10. The first second Part of Counsel and Advice to Builders for the choice of their Surveyors Clerks of their Works Bricklayers Masons Carpenters c. With several Letters to his sacred Majesty his Royal Highness Prince Rupert Duke of Albemarle and other Lords Knights and Gentlemen of the Realm concerning the three chief Principles of Magnificent Building viz. Solidity Conveniency and Ornament Written by Sir Balthazar Gerbier Donnilly Knight in 8. A Work very necessary for all those that are concerned in rebuilding the citie of London 11. Don Juan Lamberto or a Comical History of our late Times wherein the Contrivances of the late Rebels under their Names are Jovially discovered and to the life displayed in two parts By John Philips Gent. in 4. 12. The Royal Game of the Ombre written at the request of divers Honourable persons by R. F. Esq in 8. At the same Shop also any persons may have Histories Romances Plays or other Books lent them to read or any that have Books to sell may there have Money for them THE Characters and Pourtraicts OF THE COURT OF FRANCE FOr the better understanding of the Affairs and Interests of France it is fit to know those persons that Govern and such as are any thing considerable either for their Offices or Quality And therefore we shall begin with the Characters of those that are most Eminent and Illustrious To which shall be added their several Offices and Functions We will distinguish the Order of the Kings Council and the several Employments in the War And lastly treat cursorily of the Revenues whereby all these subsist THE Character or Pourtraict OF THE KING And all His Preeminences THe Most Christian King is the Eldest Son of the Christian Church by the consent of the States of Christendom and the acknowledgement of the very Infidels themselves who in their Treaties between Henry the IV and the Grand Signior gave him the Title of the greatest Monarch of the Christian Faith really Soveraign Absolute and Immortal in his own Kingdom of France The succession is by a Natural Right and by vertue of the Salique Law which conveys it from Male to Male as they are nearest in Blood to the exclusion of the Females who have ever contented themselves with the Honour of being Dames of France and submitted to the Kings will therein from whom they receive such advantages as he is willing to bestow according to the greatness of his Dignity and the interest of his Power Childebert the First of the first Race was preferred before the Daughters of Lewis the II without any opposition against that Election Philip the IV. of Valois was preferred before Isabella Daughter of France and Queen of England Lewis the XII after Charles the VIII Francis the First next to him and Henry the IV. after Henry the III. The present King is the Son and Successor to Lewis the XIII Grandson of Henry the IV descended from Anthony of Burbon King of Navarre and from Robert of Clermont fourth Son of Lewis the IX All his Genealogy derives from Hugh Capet the first King of the third Race He is of so handsome a shape and mine that Don Juan of Austria seeing him pass by without any attendance and the Queen having said to him Do you know that this is the King of France Replyed Although I am yet unacquainted with him yet Madam I was perswaded in mind that he deserved that quality looking upon him as the best accomplish'd Frenchman and most worthy to Reign over them He will be sole Master and cannot endure